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Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1894
Date of death: 27 Sep 1894
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis - from perforation of vermiform appendix
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Perforation (Appendix)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'The case was not seen by the medical registrar - She was too ill to examine being in a dying condition'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1894
Date of death: 28 Sep 1894
Disease (transcribed): Empyema , with ulceration into oesophagus
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lung); Ulcer (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with stricture and double inguinal hernia. That on the right side being large and irreducible. Patient had great difficulty in passing urine which was alkaline. The stricture was dilated by the continuous method. On Aug: 2 the physician reported 'old tubercle of right apex, and general emphysema of lungs' '
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, hernia, cranium
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hairdresser
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Oct 1894
Date of death: 9 Oct 1894
Disease (transcribed): Cerebellar abscess - Otitis media
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Otitis media (Ear)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'Four years before admission patient had had a discharge from the ear. Had been deaf ever since. 8 days before admn. [admission] the discharge had recommenced. Pain came on over side of head. On admission. There was a purulent discharge from the left ear - some pain. [...] Convulsions came on with serious collapse'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, ears, thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1894
Date of death: 20 Dec 1894
Disease (transcribed): Tubercle of lungs and kidneys and spleen
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The history of this case was to the effect that for the last three months the patient had been losing flesh rapidly, had sweated much at night, and had suffered from constant diarrhoea - He had never brought up blood - He had had 'pleurisy' on the left side a year and a half ago - An operation had been done at great ormond st. and fluid let out - He had a tube in his side - This completely healed - On admission he was found to be an extremely emaciated boy complaining of pain in the stomach'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, vertebrae
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 78
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1895
Date of death: 17 Jan 1895
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes. Suppurative nephritis. Atrophy of pancreas
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Suppuration (Kidney); Nephritis (Kidney); Atrophy (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, uterus, stomach, pancreas, brain and eyes
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1895
Date of death: 7 Mar 1895
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: For the last fourteen years he had had a winter cough and generally an attack of bronchitis in the winter. He had had his usual winter cough this year but had never shaken it off.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, stomach, kidneys and bones
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1895
Date of death: 18 Mar 1895
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Lobar pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: The patient was non compos when admitted. Hen seen he was found to be jaundiced and suffering from delirium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, stomach, pancreas, intestines, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, testes and joints
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 May 1895
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Acute intestinal obstruction. Solitary band:- to wit – the appendix vermiformis
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: Not seen by Medical Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, kidneys, adrenals, liver, abdomen and joints
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Oct 1895
Date of death: 26 May 1895
Disease (transcribed): Obstructive jaundice (operation)
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Operation (Thorax)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, stomach, pancreas, spleen, liver, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, uterus, lungs, heart
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: House boy
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Sep 1895
Date of death: 2 Dec 1895
Disease (transcribed): Mediastinal growth
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Mediastinum)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, liver, spleen, pancreas, stomach, kidneys, adrenals, bladder and testes
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1896
Date of death: 30 Apr 1896
Disease (transcribed): Leucocythaemia
Disease (standardised): Leukaemia (Blood)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: The patient had suffered from bloodlessness and palpitation for the last three years and was liable to fainting fits.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, stomach, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, uterus, brain, eyes, joints, bones and blood
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Joiner
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1896
Date of death: 28 Jul 1896
Disease (transcribed): Dilated stomach
Disease (standardised): Dilatation (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry. Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Baldwin, Gerald Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: He had typhoid fever ten or eleven years ago and was an In Patient in Adelaide Hospital, Sough Australis. His current chief symptoms were chronic indigestion, loss of appetite and constipation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, pancreas, oesophagus, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, testes, lungs, larynx, heart and joints
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1903
Date of death: 4 May 1903
Disease (transcribed): Generalized miliary tuberculosis. Tuberculous abscesses. Tubercles in lungs, viscera, pericardium, pleurae, peritoneum and cerebral meninges. Tuberculous abscesses in brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Systemic); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Heart); Tuberculosis (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Brain);Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Pearson, Sidney Vere
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This man had weakness starting rather suddenly in April 1902, then much night sweating and gradual loss of flesh with dyspnoea. There was some pain in the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, testes, alimentary canal and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Nov 1896
Date of death: 14 Nov 1896
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull, ribs, clavicle, femur. Laceration of brain. Pleural effusion
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Clavicle); Fracture (Leg); Laceration (Brain); Effusion (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Baldwin, Gerald Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: In trying to mount the box of his cab he missed the handles and fell backwards against the pavement.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, lungs, larynx, heart, liver, stomach, kidneys, adrenals and joints
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Dec 1896
Date of death: 25 Jan 1897
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull: old, brown, extravasation of blood under duramater: becoming a membrane
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Meninges) ()
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'Patient extremely deaf and so impossible to obtain any history from him, He was brought into hospital on Christmas morning about 4 o'clock having fallen while drunk down the cellar stairs of his home, he was quite unconscious, no bleeding either from ears or nose'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, joints
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1912
Date of death: 4 Dec 1912
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Mitral stenosis. Aortic reflux. Tricuspid stenosis. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This woman had pain in the chest and orthopnoea with a cough more or less since she had pneumonia three years before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Aug 1893
Date of death: 29 Aug 1893
Disease (transcribed): Transverse myelitis
Disease (standardised): Myelitis (Spinal cord)

Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: On Jun 20th 1893 he could not pass his water and a few hours afterwards his left leg became weak and numb.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, spine, thorax, pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, abdomen, kidneys, suprarenals, pancreas, liver and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1893
Date of death: 19 Nov 1893
Disease (transcribed): Columnar epithelioma of stomach
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: For three year he had grown weaker with failure of appetite, and for two years with gradually increasing epigastric pain, with aggravation on taking food for the last six weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1894
Date of death: 24 Jan 1894
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Aneurysm of thoracic aorta
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Aneurysm (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'This man, formerly in the army, who had had no secondary syphilitic symptoms, no rheumatic fever, and good health until 3 years before his first admission in Aug 1893. […] On Jan 30th 1894 he was admitted with obvious signs of pneumonia of which he died, as he constantly affirmed that he would'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thoracic organs, spleen, liver, kidneys, bladder, prostate
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1894
Date of death: 5 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'No history of tubercle amongst relations. This child, fed always by hand, but, apparently, in a proper manner, without previous signs of syphilis or of rickets, had been wasting for over a year - with cough of late, without any hooping or vomiting, and diarrhoea for the last 6 months - but not severe during the last 3 months. On admission (March 5) the child was anaemic, thin, cold, with marked depression of the anterior fontanelle; suffering from cough, but not in any distress'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1894
Date of death: 14 Jun 1894
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of appendix caeci. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The previous history of this patient was to the effect that a fortnight before admission he was suddenly attacked with pain in the right iliac forsa which spread across the abdomen. He vomited, sweated, and shivered. This was on May 20th - His symptoms abated till the 31st - On that day he had a recurrence of pain accompanied by some diarrhoea - This persisted till Sunday June 10th when the pain became worse than it ever had been and its distribution more general over the abdomen'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Greengrocer
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1896
Date of death: 25 Mar 1896
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated inguinal hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: Seven days before admission the patient slipped and he thought he ruptured himself then.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, stomach, kidneys, adrenals and toe joint
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Sep 1894
Date of death: 30 Oct 1894
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of aortic arch
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'There was no history of syphilis obtainable - The chief symptom of this patient was that he had cough since May so severe that he had to give up work on account of it - For two months he had had slight difficulty of swallowing and for three weeks indefinite pains in the chest - much frothy expectoration and occasionally a sensation of choking - There had been no marked loss of flesh or change of voice - For two months he had had considerable dyspnoea on exertion and had had to be propped up in bed at night'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 76
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1895
Date of death: 18 Mar 1895
Disease (transcribed): Aconite poisoning (lin: aconiti)
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: Not seen by Medical Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, oesophagus, stomach, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, prostate, brain, joints and intestines
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Suicide?

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1896
Date of death: 6 Aug 1896
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of gall bladder and of common duct. Secondary deposits
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Gall bladder); Cancer (Bile ducts)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: On July 2nd he felt sudden pain in the pit of the stomach while loading coke, not an unaccustomed weight.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, intestines, liver, pancreas, stomach, intestines, kidneys, spleen, bladder, testes and toe joint
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a